Week in Review–September 30th, 2012

The Week in Review is a collection of both all the goodness I’ve written during the past week around the internet, as well as a small pile of links I found interesting – generally endurance sports related. I’ve often wondered what to do with all of the coolness that people write, and while I share a lot of it on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, this is a better forum for sending it on to y’all. Most times these different streams don’t overlap, so be on the lookout at all these places for good stuff!

So with that, let’s get into the action!

DCRainmaker.com posts this past week:Here’s all the goodness that ended up on the main page of DCRainmaker.com this week.

8) FitBit adds new Fitbits: They’ve added some new models, with these ones now including Bluetooth 4.0 in them. Nice! Looking forward to trying one out (as I love my current one, which recently survived a run through the washer and dryer).

9) The best imagery I saw on Facebook this week: Saw this from Brooks. Essentially, it describes my running life:

Sports Technology Software/Firmware Updates This Week: Each week I quickly highlight some of the new firmware, app, software and website service updates that I see go out. If you’re a sports technology company and release an update – shoot me a quick note (just one liners is perfect, or Tweet it at me) and I’ll make mention of it here. If I don’t know about it, I won’t be able to post about it. Sound good?

Suunto Ambit September Update: This update was previously announced, and now available. It adds on-screen navigation and a bunch of other minor features. Additionally, it’s paired with a Movescount update to offer exporting of data and more. Serious props to Suunto for nailing their long-announced September timelines. Well done.

A whole bunch more iPhone apps were updated this week with iOS6 updates. Rather than detail each and every one – you can just scroll through the listing below to check them out. I’m sure there are many more, but these are just the ones I have installed (or people tell me about).

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You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.

It turns our I’ve written a fair bit of stuff over the past few years – and after it disappears from my front page, a lot of it never really sees the light of day again without Google’ing skillz. Or a photographic memory…which I don’t have. I’ve taken a look back and found stuff that…continues to find a trickle of readers via web searches or forum links.

I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.